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Student led Water Quality Monitoring Progamme in Mangalore, India
	Mangalore, India, 22 Mar 12 As part of the project "Promotion of Water, Sanitation & Hygiene Education and Water Quality Monitoring in Mangalore City, India", water quality testing laboratories were inaugurated in two nodal schools - Jilla Panchayath Higher Primary School, Katipalla, 5th block and Pejavar Aided Higher Primary School, Kalavar today to promote hands-on water education. Dr. Harmut Unger, President, BASF Social Foundation unveiled the water laboratories in the presence of senior officials of BASF, UN-Habitat, TERI, Management of the beneficiary schools and the students.


Fourth AMCHUD meeting opens in Kenya
	Nairobi, 21 Mar 12 The fourth African Ministerial Conference on Housing and Urban Development (AMCHUD) kicked off in Nairobi on Tuesday.


Curtains fall on historic youth meeting
	Nairobi, 21 Mar 12 A historic four day global meeting, called “Youth 21 – Building for Change”, and bringing together over 250 youth with governments, UN agencies, researchers, private sector and civil society closed in Nairobi at the weekend with the release of the Nairobi Statement, a roadmap for the greater inclusion of youth in the UN system.


Fourth AMCHUD meeting opens in Kenya
	Nairobi, 21 Mar 12 The fourth African Ministerial Conference on Housing and Urban Development (AMCHUD) kicked off in Nairobi on Tuesday. Under the theme, Territorial planning, basic services for all and the impacts and the impacts of climate change in Africa the conference brought together participants from all over the continent as well as those from partner institutions.


BASF and UN-Habitat launch Disability Resource Centre in Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu, India
	Cuddalore, India , 20 Mar 12 The German chemical company BASF, in association with UN-Habitat and implementation partner Leonard Cheshire Disability (LCD) launched the Disability Resource Centre at Saraswathi Nagar (Manakkuppam Village) in the Cuddalore district of Tamil Nadu last week


Marseilles mayor becomes first City Changer at World Water Forum
	Marseilles, France, 16 Mar 12 The Mayor of Marseille, Mr. Jean-Claude Gaudin this week became the first high level personality to sign up to UN-Habitat’s new I’m a city changer campaign.


Global youth meeting opens in Nairobi
	Nairobi, Kenya, 15 Mar 12 A global meeting bringing together some 300 young people from across the globe opened in Nairobi on Thursday with the United Nations Seceretary General Mr. Ban Ki Moon re-affirming his plans to appoint a special advisor on youth affairs.


Former child soldier turned musician pitches for peace at youth meeting
	Nairobi, Kenya, 15 Mar 12 As a seven year old he was already using an AK 47 as a soldier in the then rebel Sudanese People’s Liberation Army. Today he is an international music star who uses every platform he gets to preach peace and the need to provide young people with education.


International Criminal Court convicts Congolese child recruiter
	The Hague, 14 Mar 12 The International Criminal Court on Wednesday found Thomas Lubanga Diylo of war crimes for conscripting and enlisting children under 15 into the Forces patriotiques pour la libération du Congo (FPLC).


UN-Habitat to organise global housing strategy meeting
	Nairobi, Kenya, 14 Mar 12 UN-Habitat will next week organise the first international Expert Group Meeting in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to discuss and formulate the new Global Housing Strategy to the year 2025.

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